Penguins History
Ron Jones: A Forgotten First-Rounder
June 3rd, 2018 Former NHL defenseman Ron Jones had a successful hockey career, even if that success did not transfer to the NHL. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound blueliner was an offensive-defenseman during his junior hockey career with the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Canada Hockey League...
Upstart Golden Knights Similar to 2015-16 Penguins
May 13th, 2018 In a recent press conference, San Jose Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer was asked about the similarities between the 2015-16 Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins and the Sharks current rival, the Vegas Golden Knights. In 2016, the Penguins defeated DeBoer’s Sharks in...
Remembering Sidney Crosby's Enforcers
February 26th, 2018 There was a time when the Pittsburgh Penguins felt that their once-in-a-generation superstar Sidney Crosby needed a gang of toughs to keep him safe. He was an 18-year-old phenom during the 2005-06 NHL season and was entirely fresh-faced. With the Penguins as a basement...
Crosby Passes Jagr but Who's Better?
January 27th, 2018 Sidney Crosby tallied three points in a 6-3 Pittsburgh Penguins win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night to overtake the one and only Jaromir Jagr on the Penguins' all-time points list. With 1082 points and counting, Crosby sits solely as the 2nd leading scorer in...
Five Most Important Players in Penguins History
January 27th, 2018 Since their NHL inception in 1967, the Pittsburgh Penguins have seen many hockey heroes of past and present don the fabled black and gold. From the rise, to the the ashes of the Igloo, and onward to the PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh has proven itself a hockey city through...
The Enforcer Awakens: A Pittsburgh Penguins Story
January 23rd, 2018 A long time ago, in a hockey galaxy far far away, there lived a humble yet hardy horde of trash-talking, melee-loving misfits who existed only to defend their leaders against the many evils of an icy empire. Their hands were hardened, their bodies bruised, and their smug...
Remembering What Made Mario Lemieux Greatest
January 13th, 2018 Equal parts exhilarating and devastating, sports are quite simply unpredictable. Ask the city of Pittsburgh. This week 25 years ago, Penguins fans experienced both emotions at the same time. Riding back-to-back Stanley Cup championships and looking like a team destined to...
Penguins 1992-93 Win Streak One for the Record Books
January 8th, 2018 It didn't seem like a big deal at the time. A 3-2 win by the Pittsburgh Penguins over the visiting Boston Bruins at The Igloo on Mar. 9, 1993, stopped a two-game losing streak. Joe Mullen's second goal of the game 25 seconds into the third period proved to be the...
A Pittsburgh Penguins Scoring Flurry 45 Years Later
November 23rd, 2017 With players such as Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, the Pittsburgh Penguins certainly have had an explosive offense in their history. But during a game in 1972, the Penguins enjoyed a record-setting scoring outburst. In the third period of...
Notable Penguins Injuries Over the Years
August 3rd, 2017 Whether it has been due to the sheer number of games the Pittsburgh Penguins have contested in the previous seasons, or by some other force of nature, the team has made as many headlines for the injuries they have sustained as the success they have achieved. At the...
Sid of 1,000 - Master Crosby
February 17th, 2017 Sidney Crosby's latest in a long line of achievements victimized the Winnipeg Jets last night. Facing away from the net and fighting through the left wing, Crosby relentlessly shrugged off a hounding Blake Wheeler. Gaining the puck, he immediately fed a pass into the slot...
Top 5 Scorers in Penguins History
February 16th, 2017 Sidney Crosby will enter Thursday night's game with 999 career points. If he plays anywhere close to the level he brought to Tuesday's contest, he will join the 1,000-point club versus the Winnipeg Jets. When he does reach the milestone, Crosby will become the 86th (just...
Kasparaitis Talks Islanders, Rangers & Life After Hockey
November 15th, 2016 Not many hockey players were as polarizing during their NHL career as Darius Kasparaitis. http://gty.im/103267944 A master of the hip-check, Kasparaitis was drafted by the New York Islanders fifth overall in the 1992 entry draft and just a season later, was known...
